Week 2 Football Roundup | Aurora, Crestwood, Streetsboro, Waterloo, Windham move to 2-0

Jonah Rosenblum, Ravenna Record-Courier
Southeast's Bryer Pickana, left, and Austin Mejia celebrate after a Pickana touchdown against Akron Garfield in Week 1.
Southeast's Bryer Pickana, left, and Austin Mejia celebrate after a Pickana touchdown against Akron Garfield in Week 1.

Here's a look at some of the Week 2 high school football results from across Portage County. All coaches are encouraged to send box scores every week to sports@recordpub.com.

Southeast 41, Mathews 6

The Pirates broke open a two-point game at the half with a 20-point third quarter.

With Southeast holding a slim 8-6 lead, Alaunte Massrock took the opening kickoff of the second half 70 yards for a touchdown. Bryer Pickana added his second TD run of the game and Joe Sharish found Nathanael Rivera for a 29-yard score before the third quarter was through.

Pickana led the Pirates (1-1) in carries (11) and rushing yards (199), including touchdown runs of 40 and 84 yards.

Streetsboro 58, Normandy 0

The Rockets moved to 2-0 behind an absolutely dominant performance, putting up 381 rushing yards while holding the Invaders to minus-4 yards on the ground.

Cohen Klimak, who got Streetsboro going with touchdown runs of 44 and 30 yards in the opening quarter, finished with six carries for 146 yards and three touchdowns as well as two more scores through the air.

Janiere Cook had three touchdown runs, all in the second quarter, on just four carries while Logan Fincham also scored twice.

Crestwood 38, Minerva 0

Nate Blasiole turned in another strong performance for the Red Devils with 24 carries for 182 yards and two touchdowns.

Charlie Sommer also had multiple touchdown runs for Crestwood (2-0), and Michael Kalista had the longest scoring run of the game (45 yards) in the fourth quarter.

Rootstown 35, Champion 0

Blake Mullaly and Damien Reuting had two touchdown runs apiece in the first half as the Rovers (1-1) wasted little time avenging a frustrating offensive performance in Week 1.

A week after turning the ball over seven times, Rootstown didn't have a single turnover. Reuting ran for 96 yards on 19 carries, Mullaly completed all three of his passes for 87 yards and Dominic Duvall had eight carries for 79 yards.

The Rovers also dominated defensively, holding the Golden Flashes to 130 yards.

Aurora 48, Lutheran West 0

The Greenmen left no doubt with a 35-point second quarter.

After notching a 42-yard touchdown run for the only points of the opening quarter, Lucas Manderbach scored twice more in the second quarter. In addition to a 66-yard touchdown run, Manderbach caught a 31-yard TD pass from Ryan Dwyer in the second.

Manderbach had 129 yards on just five carries while Dwyer completed all five of his passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns. Zach Pannetti also had multiple touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving.

Windham 45, East Palestine 12

After a back-and-forth start in which the Bombers and Bulldogs exchanged touchdowns, Jack Eye helped give the home team a more comfortable lead.

With Windham leading 13-12, Eye notched an 11-yard TD run in the first quarter=. The senior added a 49-yard TD run in the second and a 16-yard TD catch and 67-yard fumble return for a TD in the third. Eye finished with 172 yards and three rushing touchdowns on just eight carries.

Waterloo 24, Leetonia 0

The Vikings pitched their second straight shutout to open the season.

Meanwhile, quarterback Landon McClain and receivers Matthew Ralston and Kade Thomas led a potent aerial attack once again for Waterloo.

Box scores

RAVENNA 21, MOGADORE 0

Mogadore 0 0 0 0 -- 0

Ravenna 7 7 0 7 -- 21

  • R: Trey Carter 71 pass from C.J. Ross (Jose Carpenter PAT)

  • R: Tykwon Ward 96 interception return (Carpenter PAT)

  • R: Bryant Thompson 1 run (Carpenter PAT)

  • Rushing: Mogadore (40-140): Conner Lehner 21-95, Aaron Rumschlag 10-31, Karson Jaber 2-5, Will Baskey 1-5, Maddox Smith 6-4. Ravenna (25-125): Bryant Thompson 11-104, Marcus Hutchinson 4-18, Amare Marshall 6-7, Keon Fortson 1-3, LaDarion Askew 1-2, Team 2-(-9).

  • Passing: Mogadore (6-16-93-0-4): Karson Jaber 6-15-93-0-3, Maddox Smith 0-1-0-0-1. Ravenna (4-11-114-1-0): C.J. Ross 4-11-114-1-0.

  • Receiving: Mogadore (6-93): Nick Stephenson 3-47, Kolton Thomas 2-28, Conner Lehner 1-18. Ravenna (4-114): Trey Carter 1-71, LaDarion Askew 1-29, Robert Melzer 2-14.

STREETSBORO 58, NORMANDY 0

Normandy 0 0 0 0 -- 0

Streetsboro 13 31 7 7 -- 58

  • S: Klimak 44 run (kick failed), 7:18 1st

  • S: Klimak 30 run (Kertis kick), 3:54 1st

  • S: Gula 69 pass from Klimak (kick blocked), 11:32 2nd

  • S: Cook 8 run (run failed), 9:31 2nd

  • S: Cook 45 pass from Klimak (run failed), 7:22 2nd

  • S: Cook 70 run (Kertis kick), 4:06 2nd

  • S: Klimak 33 run (kick blocked), 1:37 2nd

  • S: Fincham 29 run (Kertis kick), 6:35 3rd

  • S: Fincham 27 run (Kertis kick), 9:00 4th

  • Rushing: Normandy (28-(-4)): Elijah Gray 16-35, Austin Simmons 2-4, Fernando Acevado 2-3, Victor Reyes 1-3, Ethan Gold 1-1, Lucas Miller 1-(-3), Jakob Muniak 2-(-4), Christyan Jreije 2-(-8), Troy Summers 1-(-29). Streetsboro (25-381): Cohen Klimak 6-146, Logan Fincham 5-86, Janiere Cook 4-85, Noah Hodge 4-39, Trace Herman 2-9, Marcus Council 1-7, Mason Giambrone 1-6, Adrian Monroe 1-5, Christian Hunter 1-(-2).

  • Passing: Normandy (8-14-48-0-2): Jakob Muniak 3-5-31-0-0, Elijah Gray 5-8-17-0-1, Austin Simmons 0-1-0-0-1. Streetsboro (4-8-126-2-0): Cohen Klimak 4-7-122-2-0, Colton Cox 0-1-0-0-0.

  • Receiving: Normandy: Mario Stewart 1-27, Austin Simmons 1-10, Dom Wrege 2-5, team 2-6. Streetsboro: Jackson Gula 2-78, Janiere Cook 2-44.

  • Records: Normandy 1-1; Streetsboro 2-0.

WINDHAM 45, EAST PALESTINE 12

East Palestine 12 0 0 0 -- 12

Windham 19 14 12 0 -- 45

  • W: Jack Eye 52 run (Jack Eye PAT)

  • E: Owen Jurjavicic 2 run

  • W: Carlos Bruton 44 pass from Dylan McDune

  • E: Jurjavicic 18 run

  • W: Eye 11 run

  • W: Bruton 4 run

  • W: Eye 49 run

  • W: Eye 16 pass from McCune

  • W: Eye 67 fumble return

  • Rushing: Jack Eye 8-172, Carlos Bruton 7-72, Dejuan Ramsey 2-34, Brandon Petrich 3-36, Austin Cales 1-10, Dylan McCune 2-7, Jayquan Smith 1-4.

  • Passing: Dylan McCune 2-4-60-2-0.

  • Receiving: Carlos Bruton 1-44, Jack Eye 1-16.

SOUTHEAST 41, MATHEWS 6

Mathews 0 6 0 0 -- 6

Southeast 8 0 20 13 -- 41

  • SE: Bryer Pickana 84 run (Jack Muldowney conversion pass from Joe Sharish)

  • M: Brubaker 39 run (conversion no good)

  • S: Alaunte Massrock 70 kickoff return (PAT no good)

  • S: Pickana 10 run (PAT no good)

  • S: Nathanael Rivera 29 pass from Sharish (Sharish conversion run)

  • S: Pickana 40 run (PAT good)

  • S: Devon Channell 5 from Tyler Shaw (PAT no good)

  • Rushing: Southeast (19-266): Bryer Pickana 11-199, Alaunte Massrock 1-56, Bruce Nelson 1-10, Joe Sharish 2-5, Tyler Shaw 2-0, Landon Gump 1-0, Maverick Wood 3-(-4).

  • Passing: Southeast (6-12-81-2-0): Joe Sharish 5-11-76-1-0, Tyler Shaw 1-1-5-1-0.

  • Receiving: Southeast (6-81): Nathanael Rivera 2-31, Peyton Donovan 1-34, Dylan Donnell 1-8, Devon Channell 1-5, Jack Muldowney 1-3

ROOTSTOWN 35, CHAMPION 0

Rootstown 7 21 7 0 -- 35

Champion 0 0 0 0 -- 0

  • R: Blake Mullaly 1 run (PAT good)

  • R: Damien Reuting 2 run (PAT good)

  • R: Reuting 2 run (PAT good)

  • R: Mullaly 11 run (PAT good)

  • R: Nick Malek 30 run (PAT good)

  • Rushing: Rootstown (35-216): Damien Reuting 19-96, Dominic Duvall 8-79, Nick Malek 2-28, Blake Mullaly 3-10, Mason Fleck 1-3, George Luli 2-0. Champion (25-72): Michael Sanders 8-38, Christian Williams 9-15, Zack Morris 5-12, Kalylle Gray 3-7.

  • Passing: Rootstown (3-3-87-0-0): Blake Mullaly 3-3-87-0-0. Champion (9-15-58-0-0): Zack Morris 9-15-58-0-0.

  • Receiving: Rootstown (3-87): Nick Malek 2-53, Tristan McKibben 1-34. Champion (9-58): Kalylle Gray 2-21, Christian Williams 4-16, Michael Sanders 2-12, Tyler Reiter 1-9.

This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Week 2 High School Football Roundup: Southeast surges past Mathews

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